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Topic Review (Newest First)

04-21-2015 01:25 AM

davocean

Looks great but the rockwork really made it pop to me, maybe smaller rock or driftwood for some contrast?

04-20-2015 07:14 PM

Mitashade

Very healthy looking, great job.

(Btw to change the thread title you change the title of the initial post. Took me a bit to figure that one out, too.)

04-20-2015 06:56 PM

Mikeygmzmg

Nice work, this is a promising setup.

07-11-2014 09:32 PM

hitmanx

While I love the lushness of this tank, what the hardscape did achieve was a focal point... maybe use another contrasting plant species somewhere in the rule of thirds to draw the eye... a dark plant maybe on the left third?

Just a though, but I am still jealous of your growth

05-15-2014 11:03 AM

scapegoat

Quote:

Originally Posted by exv152

Update; removed the stones and decided I wanted to see more green for a change. Still have between 20-30 boraras brigittae, and added some cherry shrimp. Plants; hemianthus micranthemoides, pogostemon helferi, lilaeopsis brasiliensis, marsilea crenata, eleocharis, hemianthus callitrichoides.

Guess I can no longer call this an iwagumi, not sure how to change the title of the thread.

beautiful job. I too am becoming "less hardscape, more plant"

05-15-2014 05:37 AM

jcgilmore2

Looks great. Having the same issues as you did in mine... thinking about taking my rocks out as well and youre not helping haha. I love hm too, I want two hedges.. one of hm and one of my rotala sp green... slowly but surely getting there lol.

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05-11-2014 03:05 PM

exv152

Quote:

Originally Posted by tharsis

Beautiful mini jungle! I am sure the shrimps are very happy.

To change the title...go to your first post, click edit and then click go advanced.

Thanks. It was supposed to be a plant farm for my other tanks until I ended up liking the look of the natural uncontrolled plant mix. So I upgraded a few things and made it a display.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent69

Man that scape is awesome!! Have you ever had any algae issues with this tank?

Thanks, yes, I've had different types of algae. Anytime you run 4x T5HOs on a small setup algae is a constant, still managable, but I just recently switch over to the ADA aquasky 601 LED, and we'll see how it works out. Apparently it has a PAR value of about 70 at 17" from the substrate. Which puts me in the lower end of high light.

05-11-2014 03:21 AM

Agent69

Man that scape is awesome!! Have you ever had any algae issues with this tank?

05-11-2014 03:17 AM

tharsis

Beautiful mini jungle! I am sure the shrimps are very happy.

To change the title...go to your first post, click edit and then click go advanced.

05-11-2014 03:06 AM

exv152

Update; removed the stones and decided I wanted to see more green for a change. Still have between 20-30 boraras brigittae, and added some cherry shrimp. Plants; hemianthus micranthemoides, pogostemon helferi, lilaeopsis brasiliensis, marsilea crenata, eleocharis, hemianthus callitrichoides.

Guess I can no longer call this an iwagumi, not sure how to change the title of the thread.

02-12-2014 08:44 PM

The Trigger

Looks awesome!

02-12-2014 08:25 PM

Grah the great

Just a warning, but the boraras WILL hybridize if either of them try to breed in there. The last thing the hobby needs is more hybrid fish to reduce the quantity of pure stocks in the hobby...

Other than that, though, lovely tank!

02-12-2014 08:18 PM

parrottbay

Nice tank, any updates?

11-02-2013 01:00 PM

urbach

Gorgeous:O!! How many month to have the latest picture?

11-02-2013 10:49 AM

FlyingHellFish

I would love a hedge like that! Looks awesome, very nicely compact.

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